It is time for refuseniks to show humility over DRS

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Had the regulations for this Test match been in place for the previous five-day match at Trent Bridge, the course of last summer’s Ashes might have been different. Let’s just take the trendy Niall Ferguson counter-factual approach to history for a minute, and imagine.

Australia, chasing 311 to win, are 296 for nine. Brad Haddin, well set, pokes at a widish ball from James Anderson. Matt Prior claims the catch, Aleem Dar says not out. Everyone except Dar, even Haddin, knows there was an edge, but England can do nothing because the Decision Review System (DRS) is not being used.